Telephone arm-rest.



M. CLEMENCE. TELEPHONE ARM REST. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1916.

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TELEPHONE ARM-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 19117.

Application filed June 2, 1916. Serial No. 101,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAGNIEN CLEMENCE, a citizen of France, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Arm-Rests; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an arm rest and more particularly to a device of that charactcr for use in connection with wall telephones, the principal object of the invention being to provide an arm rest which' may be mounted on a wall adjacent a telephone instrument, and upon which the user of the telephone may rest'his arm while holding the telephone receiver to his ear, the rest comprising thecombination with the arm rest proper of a memorandum pad the user of the telephone may conveniently enter a memorandum while at the telephone and so that the pad may be lighted.

n accomplishing these objects, I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of an arm rest constructed according to my invention. Fig. II is a side elevation of the same, the wall board being in vertical sections. Referring more in detail to the drawings: 1 designatesa wall board, which may be of any suitable construction, and fixed to the front face of the board is a bracket 2 of yoke shape, comprising the vertically spaced arms 3-4. The arms 34 carry a pin 5, and pivotally mounted on said pin is an extension bracket 6, also preferably of yoke shape at its. base end. The arms 7-8 of the bracket 6 are extended forwardly and curved downwardly from their,

base ends, the free ends of the arms being curved upwardly and the upper arm 7 being of substantially semi-circular shape, so that its free end 10 overlies part of its body portion. The arms 78 are overlapped at the front end of the bracket and secured together by rivets, or the like, 11.

The upper portion 10 of the arm 7, and the parts of the arm 7-8 directly beneath the upper part 10 are provided with apertures, and slidably mounted in said apertures is a post 12, to the upper end of which is secured a seat member 13, that is shaped to conveniently receive the elbow or arm of a person using the rest.

A spring 14 surrounds the post 12 between the upper arm part 10 and the seat 13 in order to yieldingly support the seat and add to the comfort of the user of the device.

Mounted on the upper arm 7 of the bracket 6, adjacent thehead of the bracket, preferably by means of a thumb screw 16, is a memorandum pad holder 17, which may be rigidly secured to the arm and lies against the upper face thereof, the said holder preferably comprising a trough shaped device, having a closed lower end 18 for holding the memorandum pad 19 loosely therein and in a convenient position for use by a person holding the telephone receiver with his arm on the seat member.

In order that the pad and rest may be properly illuminated, I provide the wall board 1 with a lamp bracket 20, so that the light may be turned on when the telephone is to be used, and I also provide the board with a hook 21, which is adapted for carrying a telephone directory.

It is apparent that with a device constructed and illustrated as described, the arm rest may be pivoted about its mounting so that the user of the telephone may as sume a comfortable or convenient position and that the device may be used as hereinbefore specified.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is 1. The combination with a base bracket, of a bracket pivotally mounted in the base bracket, having arms extending therefrom, one of said arms being backturned over its body portion and the backturned part and the body portion being provided with apertures, a post slidably mounted in said apertures, a seat on said post, a cushion interposed between the seat and the backtur-ned portion of the body, and means for securing the free ends of said bracket together.

2. The combination with a wall board, of

a bracket fixed on the wall board, and havthe body and back-turned portions of said ing forwardly projecting ears; a bracket arm, a seat carried by said arm, a seat carpivotally mounted between said ears, and ried by said post, and a cushion interposed 10 having extending arms, the said arms being between the seat and back-turned portion 5- curved at their forward ends and the upper of the arm.

arm being backturned over the body por- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

tion thereof, a post slidably mounted in MAGNIEN CLEMENCE. 

